Haitian Americans reflect on journey building a new life in South Florida
Resilience is a theme echoed across the Caribbean and few communities know it like Haitians.
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Resilience is a theme echoed across the Caribbean and few communities know it like Haitians.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is speaking at the 2026 US-Caribbean Maritime and Ports Forum in Miami on Friday.
United States aid is headed to Cuba in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, and government officials are warning the island nation that if supplies end up in the hands of the Cuban regime, there will be consequences.
Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier for the pre-dawn operation.
President Trump is proposing increasing military spending by more than 50%, citing "troubled and dangerous times."
The White House confirmed this week that there was a second strike, but denied that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered it.
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ended on Sunday, Nov. 30.
The 2025 hurricane season is drawing to a close without a single one making landfall in the continental United States.
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says free nations should only settle problems "through diplomacy," as some 15,000 U.S. troops deploy to his region.
The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean Sea in a display of American military power.
Since September, U.S. forces have destroyed multiple vessels in international waters, killing at least 80 people.
The United Nations human rights chief says the Trump administration "must halt" strikes on alleged drug boats to prevent "extrajudicial killing."
Hurricane Melissa made landfall along Jamaica's southwestern coast Tuesday as an extremely powerful Category 5 storm.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica as a fearsome Category 5 storm. Forecasters said it could be the island's "storm of the century."
In an interview aired Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation," Sen. Lindsey Graham said land strikes in Venezuela are a "real possibility" amid rising tensions.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro gives his side of the story as he engages Trump in a war of words over mounting U.S. boat strikes.
The U.S. has now carried out two strikes against alleged drug vessels on the Pacific side of Latin America.
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are at an all-time high over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers.
Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they have received reports that two of the country's citizens were killed in a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat.
President Trump says the U.S. has struck another small boat he accuses of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are fearing that a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean could kill them and their livelihoods.
The Coast Guard says it seized nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine from alleged drug boats in recent weeks.
As he sends more troops to Venezuela's borders amid a standoff with Trump, President Nicolas Maduro says he's also rescheduling Christmas, to defend "the right to happiness."
President Donald Trump said the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela, prompting mixed reaction from Venezuelans living in South Florida.
The plume is forecast to move northwest and reach Florida mid-week, then hit other states including Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas and Louisiana by Friday, radar shows.
The warning comes after a swimmer drowned off Pompano Beach last Sunday. Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue reported that more than 100 people had to be rescued last weekend alone.
The dispute centers on owners who rent out suites and junior suites for profit.
According to investigators from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO) real estate fraud squad, Maria del Carmen Alvarez- Concepcion, 57, was receiving illegal kickback payments from a contractor working on the building.
Rapper Offset is out of the hospital and speaking out days after he was shot outside of a Florida casino.
He also admitted to writing a note to the bank teller that read: "This is a robbery, give me the money, and no one will get hurt," according to an FBI arrest report.
The warning comes after a swimmer drowned off Pompano Beach last Sunday. Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue reported that more than 100 people had to be rescued last weekend alone.
The dispute centers on owners who rent out suites and junior suites for profit.
According to investigators from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO) real estate fraud squad, Maria del Carmen Alvarez- Concepcion, 57, was receiving illegal kickback payments from a contractor working on the building.
Rapper Offset is out of the hospital and speaking out days after he was shot outside of a Florida casino.
He also admitted to writing a note to the bank teller that read: "This is a robbery, give me the money, and no one will get hurt," according to an FBI arrest report.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
White House aides got an email last month telling them not to place bets on prediction markets with nonpublic information, multiple administration officials told CBS News.
A federal judge blocked a restrictive new Defense Dept. press policy instituted after previously he ruled Pentagon press restrictions issued last year were unlawful.
First lady Melania Trump delivered a televised statement denying a relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The president says the arch will commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary.
Federal prosecutors say Courtney Williams divulged classified information to a reporter about her time in Delta Force, according to newly unsealed court documents.
Former state Sen. Lauren Book launched her 11th annual statewide walk, encouraging survivors to share their stories amid renewed attention on the Epstein case.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is pressing county commissioners to approve a long-delayed mental health center, warning lives are at stake as the building sits empty.
Emily Gregory describes the days following her upset victory in Tuesday's special election as "a little overwhelming, surreal, but exciting."
The Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery, located at 2200 NW 7th Avenue, would be a first-of-its-kind facility that could make a difference in the lives of countless people.
Wasserman Schultz pushed back against the suggestion that the United States was led into this war by Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.
Rapper Offset is recovering after a shooting at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where Lil Tjay was among two people detained and later charged.
A major music festival featuring the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was canceled after the U.K. government blocked Ye from entering the country.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but left intact a claim for retaliation.